Sunday, October 17, 2010

Power Cleans & Burpees Makes Jack A Dull Boy

I did the crossfit.com daily WOD on Friday evening...3 rounds of 15 hang power cleans & 15 burpees. It was a killer. My time was 3:40. The burpees on the 2nd and 3rd rounds were just awful but I moved through them pretty well I suppose. I hate burpees. Demolition and infill begins tomorrow at our new facility! I'm still in awe that it's only been 11 months and CrossFit Springfield will yet again be moving into another space. This will be our 5th home since July of 2008. The size difference (from 5000 sq ft to 12500sq ft) is overwhelming and the A/C'd locker rooms, childcare area, and office will be a huge God-send come next summer. Our initial hope was to be operational by November 27th for the CFS "5k gone bad" event, but with all of the permitting and inspections that go along with construction it's looking like we won't be fully moved in until early December. This evening, prior to a CFS coaches meeting we did 10 minutes of: 1, then 2, then 3 reps and so on of: Snatch grip deadlift, Squat Snatch, and OHS. After each round perform 5 Ring dips. Reach the highest possible round in the 10 minute time-frame. I made it to 2 OHS reps shy of round 8. Looking forward to a great week!

CrossFit Springfield

CrossFit Springfield is so much more than a place for elite athletes to become stronger, faster, more powerful, more flexible, more athletic, more agile, and more mentally tough. It's more than a place to gain greater work capacity over broad time and modal domains, and to set PRs and take off your shirt and roll around on the ground gasping for oxygen in a pile of sweat and possibly vomit.

CrossFit Springfield also happens to be a safe place where untrained or deconditioned athletes participate to test and better their strength, their endurance, and their will to become better people and better athletes. Fortunately for them, they receive daily instruction and coaching by the most caring, straight forward, knowledgeable, and motivating strength and conditioning coaching team in SouthWest Missouri.

There are two types of pain in life. The pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Any CrossFitter will tell you "It won't be easy" This is because it shouldn't be easy. You will earn your fitness. And your life will thank you for it.